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... receive the visits of his friends or kindred , and it was deemed highly meritorious , if he afflicted a tender sister , or an aged parent , by obstinate refusal of a word or look . Prior , an Egyptian monk , allowed his sister to see ...
... receive the visits of his friends or kindred , and it was deemed highly meritorious , if he afflicted a tender sister , or an aged parent , by obstinate refusal of a word or look . Prior , an Egyptian monk , allowed his sister to see ...
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... receive no benefit from his child's affection , or the child any advantage from his father's protection . Neither should the difference in years be too little , as great inconveniences may arise from it ; for proper reverence is not ...
... receive no benefit from his child's affection , or the child any advantage from his father's protection . Neither should the difference in years be too little , as great inconveniences may arise from it ; for proper reverence is not ...
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... receive the flashes of human anger , and conduct them harmlessly away . The patience of woman is beyond all praise . Look at the victims in our police courts . The wife contused and bandaged refuses to criminate her brutal husband ; and ...
... receive the flashes of human anger , and conduct them harmlessly away . The patience of woman is beyond all praise . Look at the victims in our police courts . The wife contused and bandaged refuses to criminate her brutal husband ; and ...
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... receive Access in every virtue ; in thy sight More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite ...
... receive Access in every virtue ; in thy sight More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite ...
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... receive condemnation - like some criminal that has for years eluded justice , but is at length apprehended , tried , convicted , and condemned . How true are the words of Juvenal : " The greatest reverence is due to children . " * This ...
... receive condemnation - like some criminal that has for years eluded justice , but is at length apprehended , tried , convicted , and condemned . How true are the words of Juvenal : " The greatest reverence is due to children . " * This ...
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Page 505 - O but they say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain. For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.
Page 396 - Intreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee : For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge : Thy people shall be my people, And thy God my God : Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried : The LORD do so to me, and more also, If ought but death part thee and me.
Page 12 - Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Page 135 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead : for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
Page 172 - ... as Poor Richard says. They joined in desiring him to speak his Mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; Friends, says he, and Neighbours, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly, and from these Taxes the...
Page 164 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 478 - But Spring-tide blossoms on thy lips And tears take sunshine from thine eyes! Life is but thought: so think I will That Youth and I are house-mates still. Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! Where no hope is, life's a warning That only serves to make us grieve, When we are old: That only serves to make us grieve With oft and tedious taking-leave, Like some poor nigh-related guest, That may not rudely be dismist; Yet hath outstay'd his welcome while, And tells the jest...
Page 349 - I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace ; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to FOURTEEN.
Page 497 - O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!
Page 16 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.